President Donald Trump shut down rumors he was planning to fire FBI Director Kash Patel on Wednesday, following reports that Patel’s behavior was becoming an embarrassment.

“Kash Patel? No, he’s doing a great job, I think,” Trump, 79, told reporters on board Air Force One when asked if he planned to replace the FBI Director.

The denial came after a report from MS NOW, citing three administration sources, said Patel, 45, was on “thin ice” in the White House after a series of high-profile failures, which include commandeering a government jet to visit his girlfriend for a “date night” in Pennsylvania.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt also immediately hit back at the claims, calling the report “fake news” and “completely made up,” and responded by posting a picture of Trump an

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